Tyson and Sykes Duke Out the Great Planet Debate; Flatow Almost Flattened, Universe Today “A debate today between astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson and planetary scientist Mark Sykes, moderated by NPR’s […]
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Today's Video: Earth As Alien World
NASA’s Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World “NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the […]
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My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants
Can’t remember the 11 planets? 4th-grader offers help, AP“Those having trouble remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, including three dwarfs, are getting help from a fourth-grader. Maryn Smith, the winner […]
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Griffin At AAS
Astronomy and NASA – Rewards and Challenges: Address By NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Before the American Astronomical Society“My relationship with the scientific community during my time at NASA has been […]
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Palomar Observatory Threatened by Fire?
Volunteer firefighters save mountaintop, SIgn On San Diego“The top of Palomar Mountain hasn’t burned in recorded history. Today, largely because of tireless volunteer firefighters and relentless air attacks, that still […]
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Cosmology@Home
Home Computers to Help Researchers Better Undestand Universe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign“Want to help unravel the mysteries of the universe? A new distributed computing project designed by a University […]
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Today's Video: NASA Ares V 8 Meter Telescope Mission
Animation depicting an Ares V launch and the deployment of a very large telescope.Video below.
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Saving Arecibo
HR 3737: To provide for National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration utilization of the Arecibo Observatory“(3) Arecibo Observatory’s planetary radar has unique abilities worldwide for research on […]
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Google SETI?
Radio Telescope And Its Budget Hang in the Balance, Washington Post“Driving beneath the giant dish in a rickety Jeep, [Arecibo Director Robert] Kerr is not counting on Congress. So he […]
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NRC Report on NASA's Astrophysics Program
A Performance Assessment of NASA’s Astrophysics Program, National Research Council“In early 2006, NASA asked the NRC to conduct such an assessment for the agency’s Astrophysics Division. This report presents an […]